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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1965
Page
9
Houston and mission control relay audio from Gemini 4 link as Mia McDivitt and Mrs Edward White share bright, playful banter with their husbands Jim McDivitt and Ed White aboard the capsule. The wives joke about Cocoa Beach Texas and urge proper conduct during the flight.
U S Marines gained the initiative in the Da Nang Phu Bai area with 22 enemy killed and three captured while 11 wounded. Two Marines died and 27 were wounded. In Saigon a battle was described as the summer’s major clash. Ambushes and a large truck convoy near Kontum raised the 48 hour toll to 239 for government troops. North Viet Nam air power bombed targets near Ban Ma and in the border region as US and Vietnamese forces countered.
Houston reports Gemini 4 may have missed a rendezvous due to pilot misjudgment of distance. Mission director Kraft attributes error to optical sighting limits and Titan 2 orbital miscalculation, noting no radar was used and a October linkup is planned as rehearsal.
First time a Negro is named district superintendent in the West Virginia Conference of the Methodist Church Rev Ramsey Bridges of Charleston will lead the Parkersburg District He previously supervised Charleston District in the Washington Conference The move coincides with absorbing the Negro conference into the West Virginia Conference and follows the annual conference ending June 13 MA BRIDGES holds degrees from Dillard Howard and Pittsburgh Xenia He served at Howard and led churches in Maryland North Carolina New York City and Pittsburgh He is married with a daughter at Syracuse University
Houston reports space twins Edward White and James McDivitt surpassed Gordon Cooper's 34 hour 20 minute endurance record at 8 36 p m. They plan 62 orbits and a return after 97 hours 50 minutes in space as they continue the Gemini 4 mission.
President Johnson announced a fall White House conference to help the American Negro fulfill rights after injustice. At Howard University he pledged to move from opportunity to achievement and dissolve old enmities, stressing a national program to support Negro families and dignity.
Vice President Hubert Humphrey says Sen. Robert Kennedy and Sen. Edward Kennedy should not be seen as maneuvering to head an anti administration Democratic faction. He favors their leadership in the Senate and backs a ground war strategy with South Vietnamese forces to win in Viet Nam.
A $26,630.24 check is sent to Kana wha County Court by General Aviation Service under protest. It covers $24,840 in claimed rental delinquency and $1,644.03 in interest per an Ernst & Ernst audit ordered by Commissioners Grover Smith Jr. and E L Billy Thompson.
The State Magazine Section features a profile on hillbilly speech in Lincoln County West Virginia. Teacher Mrs. Wylene Dial studied the Southern Mountain dialect and discusses her work with Don Marsh. Also covered are Gov Smith's administration and changes in criminal law procedure in West Virginia.
Secretary of the Army Stephen Ailes is reported to have submitted his resignation to President Johnson, effective at month end. Ailes, from Keyser West Virginia, rose to top post after Cyrus Vance became deputy secretary of defense. Stanley R. Hesser is named as a potential successor.
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